Clasp



S.,L. GEDNEY.

CLASP.

APPLICATION man MAR. 8. I921.

Patented Jan. 3,1922.

INVENTOR STANLEY L GEDNEY WITNESSES ATTORNEYS nmrnn eras-as PATENT FFEQE;

:s'rANLnv L. ennnnv, or MAPLEWOOD, ivnwqnnsnr.

CLASP.

iseases.

Application filed March 8,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lrnownthat I, STANLEY L. Grower, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Maplewood, in the countyof Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Clasp, of which-the following is a fulhclear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in clasps, andinore particularlyxto clasps for; gartersand other garment supporters, an 013- .jectof the invention being to provide a clasp whichwill'operate to securely hold or engage a stocking orothergarmentand:which will permit a quick engagement and release as;

occasion may require.

1 My inventionis designed particularly as an improvement over the well-knowntypeof slotted or pear-shaped clasp in general use on the market in connection with garment or hose supporters of various types and the invention is designed to overcome defects of such clasps.

Clasps, as heretofore made, perform their functions properly so long as there is a pull or tension on the clasp, but when this pull or tension is released, the clasp will disengage itself from the hose or other garment, and it I is the purpose of'my invention to so improve the construction of the clasp that it will se. curely hold whether there be tension or not. lVith these and other. objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of my improved clasp in operative engagement with a stocking.

1 represents my improved clasp which may be attached to a garter or tab 2 in any approved manner and I have illustrated a slot 3 in the garter for the reception of the tab which is a convenient means of connecting the parts.

The clasp l is of the same general pear Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 3, 1922.

1921. SerialNo. 450,757.

shape as the clasps in ordinary use having a slot 5 relativeiywide at one'end and relatively narrow at its other end, so that the goods of the stoc ing or hose 6 can be readily projected throughthe wider end of the slot 5 and then' forced into the narrower orreduced end of'the slot where it w ll be efi'ectually gripped and held.

. "lVith clasps, as heretofore made, the narrower or reduced end of the slot will operate as a gr pping means so long as there -1s a tension or pull 011 the clas but when this tension or pull is released, the clasp will disengage itself from the hose andto prevent this annoying and defective operatlon, I pro- ;vide on the smaller or reduced end of the ,clasp an integral spring .tongue 7. This tongue curves backwardly and inwardly upon the clasp and serves as a gripping;

means to confine the gripped portion of the hose between the tongue and the body of the clasp, as illustrated in Figure 5.

The tongue 7 is made adjacent its free end Y with a slot 8 which is preferably tapering or triangular in form, and at the wider end of said slot, 8 an inwardly projecting lip 9 is formed preferably by bending'the wall of the slot inwardly to form a biting or gripping edge.

When the material of the stocking 6 is positioned through the slot 5 and forced under the tongue 7, a portion of the material Wlll be projected upwardly through the slot.

8 in the tongue and the lip 9 will bite into the matter holding it into the narrow portion of slot- 5 and prevent possibility of accidental release of the clasp. To further insure the projection of the material through the slot 8 of the tongue 7, I preferably bend the metal of the clasp at the narrower end of its slot so that the walls of said narrower end of the slot are flared outwardly, as shown at 10, and normally project slightly within the plane of the walls of slot 8, as shown clearly in Figure 4. Hence, when the material of the stocking is forced into place under the tongue, as shown clearly in Figure 5, a portion of said material will be projected through the slot 8 of the tongue 9.

It will further be noted that with a des vice such as above'described, the stocking is not only gripped and held by the narrower portionof slot 5, or rather the walls of said slot 5, but is held by reason of th spring 1 pressure of the tongue '7 and by reason of the fact that a portion of the material projects through the slot 8 in tongue 7 and also by reason of the fact that the lip 9 has a firm biting or gripping contact with the stocking so as to maintain the same in gripping relation with the walls of the slot of the clasp.

ith a clasp such as above described, accidental release'of the clasp is rendered practically impossible whether there be tension or not upon the clasp, but the clasp can be.

effectually disengaged by manual manipulation at any time without injury to the material of the stocking or other garment with make such changes and alterations as fairly wide at one portion and relatively narrow fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. I

I claim:

1. A clasp having a slot therein relatively at another portion, a clamping tongue on the clasp positioned over the narrower 'portion' ofsaid slot, and said tongue having a slot therein. i i

2. A clasp having a slot therein relatively wide at one portion and relatively narrow at another portion, a clamping tongue on the clasp positioned over the narrower portion of said slot, said tongue having a slot therein, and an inwardly projecting lip on said tongue located at one end of the slot in the tongue.

3. A clasp-having a slot therein relatively wide at one portion and relatively narrow at another portion, a clamping tongue on the clasp positioned over the narrower portion of said slot, said tongue having a slot therein, said slot in thetongue of general tapering form and positioned over the relatively narrow portion of the first-mentioned slot, and

an inwardly projecting lip on said tongue located at one end of the slot in the tongue.

4. A clasp of the character described having a slot therein relatively narrow at one end, a tongue on the end of the clasp projecting over the reduced portion of the slot, a triangular-shaped slot in the tongue, and an inwardly projecting lip at the wider end of the triangularly slotted portion of the tongue.

STANLEY L. GEDNEY 

